About Morning Star Cemetery
Morning Star Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Vernon, Mobile County, Alabama. It lies about 1.3 mi southwest of Mount Vernon. The grounds sit at about 46 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Ephraim Kirby. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2579321. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Vernon Community Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Small's Mortuary & Cremation Services in Mt Vernon, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 169 cemeteries we list in Mobile County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Mobile County dates to 1848. 1 of the 169 listings in Mobile County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Vernon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Morning Star Cemetery
- Ephraim Kirby1757-1804American judge 1757-1804
People whose Wikidata entry gives Morning Star Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
31.09491, -87.99418
What Morning Star Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Vernon Community CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery1.2 mi
- Roper CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery3.2 mi
- Calvert Memorial CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery3.8 mi
- Calvert CemeteryMount Vernon, ALChristian cemetery4.3 mi
- Seymour Bluff CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Thomas CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery6.6 mi
- Byrd CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery6.8 mi
- Malcolm CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery7.0 mi
- Union Baptist CemeteryMount Vernon, ALChristian cemetery7.1 mi
- Big John CemeteryMount Vernon, ALCemetery8.0 mi
Funeral homes near Morning Star Cemetery
- Small's Mortuary & Cremation Services1.3 miCremation provider · Mt Vernon · (251) 265-1561
- Freeman Funeral Services Inc14 miFuneral home · Citronelle · (251) 866-7487
- Forest Lawn Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Saraland · (251) 675-0824
- Banks Memorial Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Bay Minette · (251) 937-2535
- Norris Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Bay Minette · (251) 937-9596
- Radney Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Saraland · (251) 679-0320
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